message app disappeared from iphone. How do I reinstate ability to send or receive text messages

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Posted on Sep 6, 2022 05:51 PM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2022 05:53 PM

The Messages app cannot be deleted, so it is somewhere on your iPhone. Go to the App Library (the last page of your Home screen), find it, and drag it to wherever you want it on a Home screen page.

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Sep 6, 2022 05:53 PM in response to beppohastings

The Messages app cannot be deleted, so it is somewhere on your iPhone. Go to the App Library (the last page of your Home screen), find it, and drag it to wherever you want it on a Home screen page.

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